Shirt with collar point hold-down device



Oct. 15, 1968 G. w. RUANE SHIRT WITH COLLAR POINT HOLDDOWN DEVICE Filed Oct. 10. 1966 4- FIG. 3

INVENTOR. GEORGE W. RUAN E BY KM w 5% United States Patent 3,405,407 SHIRT WITH COLLAR POINT HOLD-DOWN DEVICE George W. Ruane, 1009 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Filed Oct. 10, 1966, Ser. No. 585,624 1 Claim. (Cl. 2--132) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A shirt having a body, an attached collar, an elongated stiff flat member having buttons mounted adjacent ends thereof, there being a buttonhole in the collar adjacent a fold line thereof receiving one button, a buttonhole in the body under the collar point and a buttonhole adjacent the collar point, the other button being received in the last two buttonholes.

This invention relates to a device for holding down a shirt collar-point and to an improved shirt construction embodying the collar-point hold-down device.

An object of this invention is to provide a device which holds a shirt collar-point flat and straight so that the collar-point is unwrinkled.

A further object of this invention is to provide such a device which can be readily attached to and removed from the shirt.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of this type which requires only a minimum alteration of a standard shirt construction.

A further object of this invention is to provide a buttondown type of collar free of conventional buttons.

A further object of this invention is to provide such a device in which the shirt is modified only to provide a pair of conventional buttonholes beneath each collar-point for insertion of the collar-point holding device.

The above and other objects and features of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains from the following detailed description, and the drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary view in front elevation of a shirt having an attached collar, the collar being shown in an up or unfolded position, the shirt being provided with a collar-point hold-down device constructed in accordance with an embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary view in front elevation showing the shirt with the collar thereof folded down and in wearing position;

FIG. 3 is a view in section on an enlarged scale taken on the lines 33 in FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a view in front elevation of one of the holddown devices.

In the following detailed description, and the drawing, like reference characters indicate like parts.

In FIGS. 1 and 2 is shown a shirt having a body and a collar 12. The collar may be of conventional form including inner and outer sections indicated at 13 and 14, respectively, in FIG. 1. The collar sections fold on a fold line 15. Points 16 (FIG. 2) on the collar are provided with buttonholes 17 (FIG. 1). The collar points are held down in stretched condition by means of buttons 18 (FIG. 2)

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received in the buttonholes and a tension device 19 on which the buttons are carried.

The tensioning device is shown in detail in FIGS. 3 and 4. Each button 18 is carried adjacent one end of an elongated member 20 of resilient plastic material of the type normally employed in collar stays or the like. A similar button 22 is mounted adjacent the opposite or upper end of the member 20, both buttons being mounted on the same side of the elongated member, and the member 20 is received behind the body of the shirt.

As shown in FIG. 1, the shirt body is provided with buttonhole openings 23 and 24 which are spaced a distance equal to the spacing between the buttons 18 and 22 on the member 20. The buttonhole 23 is adjacent the line of fold 15 so that, when the collar is folded down, as shown in FIG. 2, the line of fold engages or substantially engages the button 22. The buttonhole 24 is disposed under the collar point 16 in position to be covered thereby when the collar is in wearing position. As shown in FIG. 3, the tensioning device is mounted with the button 18 extending through the buttonhole 24 and the button 22 extending through the buttonhole 23 in the body of the shirt. When a tie 26 is mounted in the collar, the tie can extend over the button 22 as shown in FIG. 3.

The tensioning devices hold the collar points firmly in position while the shirt is being worn. However, when it is time for the shirt to be washed, the collar tensioning devices can be readily and quickly removed.

The construction of the collar-point hold-down devices described above and illustrated in the drawing is subject to structural modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a shirt having a body and an attached collar having inner and outer sections and buttonholes in the collar adjacent points of the outer section of the collar, a collar hold-down and tensioning device which comprises an elongated stiff fiat member, buttons mounted on said member adjacent opposite ends thereof, there being a buttonhole in the collar inner section adjacent a fold joining the inner and outer sections of the collar, one of said buttons being received in said last mentioned buttonhole and engaging the adjacent surface of the overlying outer section of the collar adjacent the fold, there being a second buttonhole in the shirt body beneath one of the points of the collar,

the other button being received in said second buttonhole and in a buttonhole of the overlying collar point to hold the collar point in extended position while the portion of the shirt body and the inner portion of the collar adjacent the stiff fiat member are held taut between said buttons.

References Cited PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner.

JAMES R. BOLER, Assistant Examiner. 

